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Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives

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Time of accrual of duties and powers.

Priority among different letters.

General duties -- Relation and liability to persons interested in estate -- Standing to sue.

Personal representative to proceed without court order -- Exception.

Duty of personal representative -- Inventory and appraisement.

Employment of appraisers.

Duty of personal representative -- Supplementary inventory.

Duty of personal representative -- Possession of estate.

Power to avoid transfers.

Powers of personal representatives -- In general.

Improper exercise of power -- Breach of fiduciary duty.

Sale, encumbrance or transaction involving conflict of interest -- Voidable -- Exceptions.

Persons dealing with personal representative -- Protection.

Transactions authorized for personal representatives -- Exceptions.

Powers and duties of successor personal representative.

Co-representatives -- When joint action required.

Powers of surviving personal representative.

Compensation of personal representative and attorney.

Expenses in estate litigation.

Proceedings for review of employment of agents and compensation of personal representatives and employees of estate.